Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Shivaji Chatterjee Vs Himadri Chemical & Others dated 16/01/2018 regarding pollution caused by Himadri Chemicals, Singur, West Bengal. The Applicant Shivaji Chatterjee prays for an interim direction for inspection of the unit by a Committee which …
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Hooghly District Magistrate to submit a report on the alleged incidents of pilferage and loot at the site of the Tata Motors car factory (since relocated), after the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 came into force. Justice Soumitra Pal asked …
KRISHNAGAR, 22 JUNE: The recent Bill to return land of aborted Nano factory to unwilling farmers at Singur has raised hope not only for the Singur peasants, but also for evacuated forest dwellers of Arbalda, Bahadurpur, Denui and Banshdob of Bahadurpur-Palashgachi Mouza in Santipur, Nadia. Several protests were organised to …
Calcutta High Court admits petition but no interim order Tata Motors Ltd. on Wednesday filed a writ petition in the Calcutta High Court, challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 and seeking a directive from the court to declare it as unconstitutional and illegal. The company also contested …
Joined by vendors and land sellers; court refuses to pass any order Tata Motors and other stakeholders in its Nano project on Wednesday moved the Calcutta High Court challenging a law revoking the lease agreement for land they were allotted in Singur. The stakeholders, including 54 Tata Motors vendors and …
Singur/Kolkata: Tata Motors moved Calcutta high court on Tuesday night, challenging the legality of the Singur land return Act, barely an hour after the Hooghly administration pasted reacquisition notices on the main gate of the disputed Singur compound to take back land acquired for both Nano factory and the vendor …
Hours after the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government notified the Singur Bill on Tuesday, Tata Motors upped the ante by issuing a notice against any unannounced move from the government
Governor M. K. Narayanan has given his assent to the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011 ,which had been passed in the West Bengal Assembly on June 14. The Bill that had been moved in a hurriedly convened session of the State Assembly provides for taking over by the …
Governor M.K. Narayanan has given his assent to the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, which will pave the way for the Mamata Banerjee government to award plots to
Burdwan, June 19: The Singur land take-back bill has spurred a group of farmers in Burdwan to demand return of their plots that were acquired for a proposed health city. The 84 farmers had turned down cheques in exchange for 23 acres
In a statement Tatas recount circumstances under which they were forced to stop work at Singur. The legislation for returning land at Singur to farmers drew criticism from industrialists and a reminder from the Tatas about the circumstances that forced them to abandon a factory that was meant to build …
The two-member expert committee constituted by the West Bengal government to draft a new land policy in the state, has recommended direct purchase of land by industrialists from farmers.
The biggest struggles in the recent past might have been surrounding land and land acquisition, but risk mitigation through an insurance cover is still a far cry. Thus, in case Tata Motors bids adieu to Singur, where the government passed a Bill to take back the land it had earlier …
KOLKATA, 14 JUNE: With the passing of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011 allowing vesting and transferring land from Tata Motors and the ancillary units, the state government is now weighing its options on how to return the land to the unwilling farmers. Usually when the government distributes …
